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was asked to help create a background image for the 60th anniversary edition of Rogers and Hammerstein's classic film,State Fair for Menagerie Creative back in 2009, a regular client of mine, and today I cover the build I did for this fun and fast turn over Home Entertainment gig.

As a 3D artist I do a lot of poster work 3D Illustration ,and over half my work are for the 3D logos I provide, but the rest are these 3D backgrounds, where the photography does not exist, or is just too difficult to access, so they call me to make it from scratch.

I was not given much scrap reference when I began the gig, but it was a straight forward build to create a 3D State Fair background image to be used behind the colorized images for the cover key art of the main characters, so off I went.

I researched old Ferris wheel designs, and Circus tent looks for the era, and I then built out the detailed versions as seen above. I also built out some 3D confetti to add in on a layer.

After I hand built the assets, textured them up, and set it up to go, I rendered the shot out and delivered to the client as a layered PSD file with alpha channels and Z-Depth channels.

The shot never went to finish, however as with all 3D work it was a fun process with a great client.

Cheers, THOM

P.S. As a FYI to any regulars here,posting was on hold due to a family death. I plan to return to my regular posting moving forward.

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About Me

Trained in Transportation Design at Pasadena’s Art Center College of Design, I have worked for the past 24 years in every facet of Entertainment Design as Conceptual Designer, up to Design Director. I am currently running my design studio full time out of my home in Littleton, CO.
In the past, I have orchestrated teams as large as 100 on an international level , and as small as a few artists. Art Center gave me the formal training in Industrial Design via sketching and modeling to execute my designs.
The variety within the Entertainment Industry that I have been involved with includes: Television Commercial Set Design, 2D Animation Television Series, Restaurant Design and Illustration, Real Time 3D Interactive Gaming, Online 3D Web interface, CD ROM Magazine Design, Theme Park Attraction Design, and finally ending up in Entertainment based Advertising for Theatrical Films.
I have experience starting up both 2D, and 3D design departments, as well as moving into existing studio infrastructures of operation and working within established systems already in place.